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Career Development "It Matters"
"Investing in people, in lifelong learning and in career development
could play a key role in the ability to attract and retain talent."
A Public Service Learning Organization: From Coast to Coast to
Coast-Directions for the Future, Report of the COSO Sub-Committee on
Learning and Development
Towards a Learning Organization
The 1999 Public Service Employee Survey gave public servants a voice to
speak about their workplace.
* Career development is one of the areas we need to pay attention to.
* Sixty-nine per cent (69%) of employees said they are satisfied with
their careers.
* Forty-five per cent (45%) agree that their immediate supervisor
does a good job helping them develop their careers.
The COSO Sub-committee on Workplace Well-being identified career
development and learning as one of the four key areas that require immediate
action.
To sustain a professional workforce that provides Canadians the highest
quality service in the knowledge age, the Public Service must become a
learning organization dedicated to lifelong learning.
While building a culture that promotes learning is a long-term
initiative, small steps are being taken to respond to the career aspirations
of public servants.
EE Intervention Fund (The EEPMP Group at the Treasury Board of Canada
Secretariat administers the EE Intervention Fund.)
Initiatives/Projects
The EE Intervention Fund has provided support to departments and agencies
to undertake career development initiatives. Below is a brief summary of a
few projects focusing on career development.
CS Bridging Program for Designated Group Members
The program consists of up to two years of post-secondary education and
on-the-job assignments, and will give non-CS employees who demonstrate the
interest and aptitude for work in information technology (IT) an opportunity
to obtain the training and development required for entry into the CS group.
* A pilot, including 19 members of employment equity designated
groups, has started in the NCR during FY 1999-2000.
* Adjustments have been made to the program, and the regional
component opened to all regions, started in November 2000.
For information:
Monique Bergevin
(613) 952-7496
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
bergevin.monique@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Aboriginal Career Development Initiative (ACDI) Pilot Project
This project developed the ACDI interdepartmental assignment program to
facilitate assignments and provide training and career development
opportunities for Aboriginal employees.
For more information, visit the Health Canada Web site at: www.hc-sc.gc.ca
or contact:
Guy Freedman
(613) 952-6131
Health Canada
acdi_idca@hc-sc.gc.ca
Task Force on the Participation of Visible Minorities in the Federal
Public Service
The Task Force formulated the action plan entitled "Embracing Change
in the Federal Public Service" that furthers the participation and
advancement of visible minorities in the federal Public Service. This action
plan was endorsed by the Government in June 2000.
For more information on the action plan, visit the TBS EE Web site under
"Embracing Change" or contact:
Wendy Barrow
(613) 952-3025
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Barrow.wendy@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Development Program for Students in Northern Canada-Feasibility Study
A feasibility study was conducted with respect to the design and scope of
a Developmental Program for the renewal of the federal Public Service in
Northern Canada.
For information:
David Beckman
(780) 495-6164
Public Service Commission
David.Beckman@psc-cfp.gc.ca
Rapid Access
Rapid Access provides persons with disabilities who already have work
experience with an opportunity to demonstrate directly to Public Service
managers, their knowledge, skills and qualifications to fill Public Service
positions.
For information:
Glynis Ellerington
(613) 992-9734
Public Service Commission
glynis.ellerington@psc-cfp.gc.ca
Visible Minorities Career Progression Program
A project to implement a national pilot Program that will accelerate
career progression of 10 visible minorities from junior (PM-2) to senior
(PM-5) level within two to three years. The Program, open to all Citizenship
and Immigration Canada visible minorities, is meant to be a transition
measure until a strong representation of visible minorities is achieved at
the executive feeder levels of the PM group.
For information:
Brigitte Fortin
(613) 941-7744
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Brigitte.Fortin@ic.gc.ca
For more information visit the Treasury Board of Canada
Secretariat Employment Equity Web site at the following addresses: http://publiservice.hrma-agrh.gc.ca/ee
or http://www.hrma-agrh.gc.ca/ee under EEPMP or call
(613) 954-0118
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